Highway thru Hell

[RitcheyRch]

Anyone watched this show? Looks like might be similar to Ice Road Truckers.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/highway-thru-hell/

 

[5oclocksomewhere]

I've watched every season. I thought it might have been cancelled but this is good news.

 

[grumpy88]

Good show . I miss the old crusty guy . He passed away a couple yours ago . The bosses step son could of learned something from the old timer other than to be a spoiled little pussy .

 

[Jefftowz]

I record them and everyday appreciate being a tow guy in sunny CA, towing cars that are shiny and run most of the time.

 

[pronstar]

I liked that show. But looks like they're still airing Season 1 reruns, I don't see anything about new episodes...?

 

[FROGMAN524]

Love the show. When's the next season start?

 

[Essexive G's]

Only simular to Ice Road is the fact they are driving trucks. There are 4, or 5 seasons on Netflix for binge watching.

 

[McRib]

Those guys are idiots! Not as bad as the O'Hare homos from wrecked but pretty bad. There is a new one coming. Canada based show featuring rotators. Each company has a bigger one than the other. It's going to be just as lame as all the others but there are going to be some BAD ASS rigs being showcased.

 

[pronstar]

Those guys are idiots! Not as bad as the O'Hare homos from wrecked but pretty bad. There is a new one coming. Canada based show featuring rotators. Each company has a bigger one than the other. It's going to be just as lame as all the others but there are going to be some BAD ASS rigs being showcased.

It's the closest any of us can get to living vicariously thru you :skull

 

[5oclocksomewhere]

Those guys are idiots! Not as bad as the O'Hare homos from wrecked but pretty bad. There is a new one coming. Canada based show featuring rotators. Each company has a bigger one than the other. It's going to be just as lame as all the others but there are going to be some BAD ASS rigs being showcased.

Lol! You sound just like my dad.... You crusty know it all bastards!!!! I have never run a rotator but I'm pretty damn good with a Century 9055.

 

[McRib]

Lol! You sound just like my dad.... You crusty know it all bastards!!!! I have never run a rotator but I'm pretty damn good with a Century 9055.

The scripted bs is what makes these guys look bad. It's the main reason the graziana family that owns O'Hare towing in Chicago stopped after 2 seasons. They embarrassed themselves.

 

[Gasnsuntanlotion]

It can be a nightmare to travel in the winter. It's about 2.5hrs from Kamloops to Hope which is just east of Vancouver and is a truckers nightmare when it snows. I'm sure the show is all scripted though! Lol.

 

[5oclocksomewhere]

The scripted bs is what makes these guys look bad. It's the main reason the graziana family that owns O'Hare towing in Chicago stopped after 2 seasons. They embarrassed themselves.

Yah O'hares was pretty bad.

 

[mash on it]

Lol! You sound just like my dad.... You crusty know it all bastards!!!! I have never run a rotator but I'm pretty damn good with a Century 9055.

Old school Holmes 650 here.
And a couple of 440's

Dan'l

 

[McRib]

Old school Holmes 650 here.
And a couple of 440's

Dan'l

Hand crank and skobie plate??

 

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One of my 5 favorite shows. I like seeing the heavy equipment in operation. Its way better than ice road truckers. IRT is just boring. You just watch the trucks drive down the road that has snow on it.

 

[mash on it]

Hand crank and skobie plate??

Heavy bar & sling

Dan'l

 

[Jefftowz]

Hand crank and skobie plate??

How about a Vulcan cradle snatcher..

 

[5oclocksomewhere]

We used to run mostly weld-built.

What about the old Don Hines stick boom.

 

[McRib]

We used to run mostly weld-built.

What about the old Don Hines stick boom.

Fold a truck in half before that boom failed!!

 

[warpt71]

I use to be around a Don Hines that a Zach lift was added to later on in life. Ive posted pics of it here before, it was on an International Transtar Cabover, I wanna say like a '72

 

[5oclocksomewhere]

I have put some miles on this old girl. In the 80's when I was in Junior High I pulled out the old 318 Detroit and put in a silver 92 and a new 15 speed. Everyday after school and the weekends for 2 weeks. Before we put the drag winch and the hydraulic stiff leg on there was many times I saw that front axle 5 or 6 feet in the air pulling on a hard recovery. Man those were the days. You had to get that road open by any means with what you had. Glad I got to live it. Now with all the new technology and heavier wreckers is a cake walk compared to those days. I'd still be in it but I just couldn't take the dead people anymore. In a small town with a volunteer fire dept the first people to leave the scene are the ambulance then the fire dept. guess who gets to wait for the coroner to show up and then guess who gets to extricate the bodies and help bag them. No thank you if I never see or bag another dead body again I will be just fine with that. Other than that miss working truck wrecks. Now I own my own grading company no more all nighters, answering the phone in the middle of the night, No more emergency response. I love my now boring life.

 

[McRib]

I have put some miles on this old girl. In the 80's when I was in Junior High I pulled out the old 318 Detroit and put in a silver 92 and a new 15 speed. Everyday after school and the weekends for 2 weeks. Before we put the drag winch and the hydraulic stiff leg on there was many times I saw that front axle 5 or 6 feet in the air pulling on a hard recovery. Man those were the days. You had to get that road open by any means with what you had. Glad I got to live it. Now with all the new technology and heavier wreckers is a cake walk compared to those days. I'd still be in it but I just couldn't take the dead people anymore. In a small town with a volunteer fire dept the first people to leave the scene are the ambulance then the fire dept. guess who gets to wait for the coroner to show up and then guess who gets to extricate the bodies and help bag them. No thank you if I never see or bag another dead body again I will be just fine with that. Other than that miss working truck wrecks. Now I own my own grading company no more all nighters, answering the phone in the middle of the night, No more emergency response. I love my now boring life. View attachment 521155 View attachment 521156

Hell. I've had my 9055 with side pullers 5 ft off the ground before my casualty broke free. My shit weighs 62k and is 40ft long. Lol

 

[5oclocksomewhere]

Hell. I've had my 9055 with side pullers 5 ft off the ground before my casualty broke free. My shit weighs 62k and is 40ft long. Lol

That some scary shit right there....

 

[McRib]

That some scary shit right there....

2 50tons 2 cables with 3 lines to the load each vs a D10 dozer stuck in a mud pit with 1 frozen drive gear. It sucked!!

 

[JDKRXW]

It can be a nightmare to travel in the winter. It's about 2.5hrs from Kamloops to Hope which is just east of Vancouver and is a truckers nightmare when it snows. I'm sure the show is all scripted though! Lol.

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I love that road............. in the summer (the Kelowna/Penticton connector too).

In the winter, it can be a real bitch. The show depicts what the winter weather can be like pretty accurately.